23 common-sense investing rules
To summarize my core principles: Keep a proper portfolio balance, use discretion in short-selling — and leave your emotions out of your trading decisions.
July 23, 2008
RBS capital in focus amid insurance sale doubts
Royal Bank of Scotland looks increasingly likely to shelve plans to sell its insurance arm and turn instead to other smaller deals to top up its capital.
F&C signs property tie-up with REIT
F&C Asset Management has merged its property operations with one of Britain’s largest private property investors in a deal that raises its exposure to European real estate and marks its entry into the Indian property market.
Three-way split on rate decision
The majority of Bank of England policymakers voted to keep rates at 5% this month, but one voted for a cut and another for a rise.